Thompson leads Warriors over Rockets in Curry’s absence

It was just the second loss this season for the Warriors.

What went on Thursday was that Thompson scored 38 to Harden’s 30, shooting 16 of 27, including 6 of 11 on 3-pointers, while Harden shot 8 for 19 (5 for 10). “It was just one of those nights”.

Stephen Curry said he’ll address his injury with reporters Saturday, which also might be when he returns to action from his bruised lower left leg.

It was a fourth straight win for Dallas, while Golden State can console themselves with a 29-2 record which is still the best in National Basketball Association history after 31 games.

And the Warriors clearly felt his absence, as even Dallas guard Devin Harris noted.

The Suns had six players score in double figures.

Denver has allowed an average of 123.3 points and 45 3-pointers in losing three straight to Golden State. The Houston Rockets played well on offense, horrific on defense, and every time they went on a run, it collapsed in itself like all Houston Los Angeles Clippers Rockets runs usually go to die.

Butler scored 23 of his 28 points after halftime, hit the game-tying layup with 25.9 seconds left in regulation and blocked Paul George’s layup at the overtime buzzer.

The 23-point margin was Golden State’s worst defeat since a 31-point loss to Houston in 2013, according to STATS.

“I knew we were going to slow the game down and the ball was going to come back through me a lot”, he said. Instead, James Harden topped the list, scoring the most points in a calendar year since Kevin Durant scored more than 3,000 in 2012.

It was a good year for the Golden State Warriors. The first two were last season. Obviously without him out there, the spacing won’t be as good, the drags that we like doing so much aren’t as effective.

Barea had at least 23 points for the third time in four games. He scored two points in 15 minutes…. The Warriors were down three other players from their regular rotation: Harrison Barnes, Festus Ezeli and Leandro Barbosa.

Swingman Andre Iguodala sensed the importance of the moment and, as he often does, raised his performance to a superior level. It was nearly 15. Thompson has 4 fouls and Bogut has 5 with half the quarter to play.

Having rounded out 2015 with their 30th win of the season, the Warriors could open 2016 by welcoming head coach Steve Kerr back to the bench after complications from back surgery saw him sidelined.

JJ Redick’s 26 points helped the Los Angeles Clippers past the Charlotte Hornets 122-117 and the Orlando Magic rallied to a 100-93 win over the Brooklyn Nets.

“A relief is if they said he was playing and that he was healthy”, Walton said with a smile before the matchup with the Mavericks.

Mavericks: Pachulia had his 17th double-double – two more than all of last season in Milwaukee – when he grabbed his 10th rebound with 2:30 remaining in the first half.

The second team gave up the first five points of the second quarter to go down seven quick and then score seven straight of their own to tie it up early in the second quarter at 39 each.